College Headlines

Financial aid fraud may cost LPC big bucks

Express, Las Positas College, CA

3 days ago by Julian Lim

Multiple cases of financial aid fraud committed by students this past summer have Las Positas College financial aid department under federal investigation.

The suspected students, whose names have not been released, applied to LPC online, filed for financial aid online, signed up for classes online, collected their financial aid check and did not attend any classes.

'Takers' is all flash, little substance

Laney Tower, Laney College, CA

5 days ago by Tracey Tate

Takers" took me in; that was no doubt due to the sweet eye-candy cast featuring Idris Elba, Tip T. I. Harris, Chris Brown, Mike Ealy, and Hayden Christiansen. The "Takers" is precision bank robbery culminating with slick, slow-motion cinematography of the yet-to-be-caught group of bank robbers with more urban swagger than the Ocean's 11 crew (remake) was a sweet introduction to this heist film.

Rush show at LPC shutdown

Express, Las Positas College, CA

14 hours ago by Trevin Smith

Last July a major sound company approached Las Positas instructor Mike Rinaldi in regards to the History Channel;'s interest in filming an episode of a new show that they want to shoot soon.

The show would feature a group of 15 artists that would range in different music genres who would each go to college campuses and play shows for students only.

Animation creation by Pixar Studios at OMCA

Laney Tower, Laney College, CA

5 days ago by Jessica Poe

No one could say that Pixar's films aren't technologically impressive. After 1995's "Toy Story" made the animation studio into a household name, the Emeryville animation studio has been known for its sleek and revolutionary animation techniques.

From the painstaking particle-by-particle modeling of 2003's "Finding Nemo"'s ocean to the breathtaking post-apocalyptic landscape of 2008's "Wall-E", each of Pixar's films is almost a new animation revolution in itself.

Elections loom for Peralta Board

Laney Tower, Laney College, CA

4 days ago by Reginald James

Three of the Peralta Board of Trustees seven seats will be up for reelection on Tuesday, November 2. With three incumbents running, only one trustee is running unopposed.

In Area 3, two-term incumbent Linda Handy faces a challenge from Monica Tell.

Handy, who served as board president in 2006, defeated the embattled trustee Brenda Knight in 2002, with major support from Peralta's labor unions.

Five pillars prove Obama's not Muslim

Express, Las Positas College, CA

3 days ago by Julian Lim

To go on record and stating that President Barack Obama is a legitimate practicing Muslim is the same as stating that the recent oil spill in the gulf never happened.

The Pew Forum, which is an American fact tank in Washington D.C, conducted a national poll between July 21 and Aug.